Monday, May 02, 2005

01/05/05 It's all Nick Hornby's fault...

So anyway, last night Channel 4 had a 4 hour prime time slot for the "Most Watched TV Programmes" (decade by decade).
This is definitely the worst example of a deceased horse receiving brutal corporal punishment I've ever seen.
How many List themes are there left?
"Top 100 Serial Killers"
"Top 100 Open University Lectures"
"Top 100 Amusing Anecdotes By B-List Celebrities"
"Top 100 Numbers Between 1 and 100"
"Top 100 TV Lists Programmes"
"Top 100 Top 100 TV Lists Programmes"
"Top 100 Top 100 Top 100 TV Lists Programmes"
"Top 100 Russian Dolls Collections"
"Top 100 Top 100 Russian Dolls Collections" yeah yeah yeah, you can say where I'm going with all this.
It has to stop.
Mass burnings of Nick Hornby's "Hi-Fidelity" should take place on hilltops throughout the land as we try to end the scourge of obsessive list making.
Anyone overheard volunteering their "Top 5" of anything, in public, should be set upon immediately and bludgeoned to death with a blunt instrument.
This may seem an extreme measure, but has to be seen as a proportionate response to the severity of the current situation.
We must act.
It isn't too late to stop this deadly scourge.

1 comment:

Cloudland Blue Quartet said...

How about top 5 best bludgeonings to death with a blunt instrument? Preferably all the no-mark talking heads on the top 100 list shows could be bludgeoned on camera...I'd buy that for a dollar